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Clarence High School Advisory Board

Dr. Sarasu Esther Thomas

Dr. Thomas is Professor of Law; Coordinator - Centre for Women and the Law; Coordinator, Human Rights Lawyering Programme and Chair Professor, Ford Foundation...

Mr. Vivek Menon

Mr. Vivek Menon, an alumnus of Clarence High School - Class of 1985, has been inducted as a member on the Advisory Board of Clarence High School with effect from November, 2024. He is a civil...

Dr. Sarina Khabade

Dr. Sarina P. Khabade is an Associate Professor and Postgraduate Coordinator in the Department of PG Studies in Biotechnology at Nrupathunga University, Bengaluru....

Mr. Vinod Kumar has a wealth of experience in the field of finance, from the Indian Revenue Service, to the Ministry of Finance (as Joint Secretary, Tax Research Unit), and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) as Additional Director General. He was actively involved in the formulation of policies relating to the Goods and Service Tax. He retired in 2018 as Chief Commissioner of Central Taxes, Bangalore. He was conferred the Presidential Award for ‘Specially Distinguished Record of Service’ on the occasion of Republic Day, 2009

Dr. Thomas is Professor of Law; Coordinator – Centre for Women and the Law; Coordinator, Human Rights Lawyering Programme and Chair Professor, Ford Foundation Endowment Chair on Public Interest Law. She has published numerous books and papers in the fields of gender, human rights, and family law.

Mr. Vivek Menon, an alumnus of Clarence High School – Class of 1985, has been inducted as a member on the Advisory Board of Clarence High School with effect from November, 2024. He is a civil engineer, entrepreneur and civic evangelist. He has business interests in civil consulting and real estate development. He currently serves as an Advisor to the CM of Karnataka and has held prominent Board positions at CISTUP, IISc, DULT, GoK and the Sherwood Institute in the US. He served as a program head for the $ 2.4 billion Interstate 10 expansion program in Houston, Texas and as deputy Program Head for the runway expansion program at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. He was the runner up for LEAD INDIA, a program initiated by the Times of India to find young leaders in the political space. He is the co-author of TENDER SURE, an initiative by the Karnataka Government to build world class urban streets, a program that has now been implemented in over 9 cities across India. His interests lie in public policy, civil Infrastructure and promoting ethics in politics.

Dr. Sarina P. Khabade is an Associate Professor and Postgraduate Coordinator in the Department of PG Studies in Biotechnology at Nrupathunga University, Bengaluru. She holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from BMS College of Engineering (under VTU, Belagavi), with a specialisation in L-asparaginase as a nutraceutical for cancer therapy.
With over 20 years of undergraduate and 16 years of postgraduate teaching experience, she has published extensively in international journals, with more than 20 research papers to her credit. She has authored three prescribed textbooks for Bangalore University and guided numerous M.Sc. research projects. She has also organised national-level workshops funded by the UGC and is an active member of several academic boards and professional bodies.